Low Vertebral Cancellous Bone Density in Peripubertal Girls with Turner's Syndrome and Boys with Hypogonadism

Abstract

These results showed that vertebral cancellous bone density in children with hypogonadism began to decrease during the peripubertal period in contrast to the constant values in controls, suggesting that a small amount of gonadal steroid in healthy children has an important role in maintaining normal bone density.